Squeak readable to most people on this list, but is it to everyone?

Colin Putney cputney at wiresong.ca
Wed Mar 3 20:41:49 UTC 2004


On Mar 3, 2004, at 3:23 PM, Aaron Lanterman wrote:

>
> On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Colin Putney wrote:
>
>> 3. Even when badly styled, Smalltalk is one of the most readable
>> programming languages available.
>
> Alas, I don't find that to be the case at all.

Bizarre. When I read Lisp or Scheme I find myself counting parenthesis 
a lot, but Smalltalk seems to have no syntax at all - just message 
sends. Good on you for sticking with it.

Colin

PS. Hey Avi, what was that you said waaaaay back when we were starting 
Iphiginia? Something like, "among the enlightened there are Lispers and 
Smalltalkers... I know which one I am." Was that quoted from somebody 
else, or off-the-cuff?





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